My shed

I've now finished my shed, just a small zincalum 'lean-to' from Bunnings which will hold my gardening tools. I did think it would look awful in my small yard but it fills a void and all my tools are out of sight. It sits on a timber base, not ideal, but I couldn't put down a concrete base as we rent.

I took some photos when I was building the base but there was a bit too much swearing going on in the in between stages and I was occupied with getting it all straight and stable. But here is a picture!

Building the base:Finally complete:

My planting calender

As I don't have a lot of space this is all I can realistically grow this year. I'll keep planting salad greens till the end of the year and try a few pots of potatoes and tomatoes when the weather starts to warm up in September.

All year

• lettuce
• rocket
• salad greens
  

September

• Chilli
  
• Potatoes
• Tomatoes

October

• Basil
  
• Parsley
• Other herbs
  

No more competition

I love cycling, running and swimming and to get better one of the best motivators is to race. So every ride, run and swim I did became a training session with a race objective. Getting out of bed on Sundays at 4 am to go to a beach, park or track for a 7.30 am race start, in the dark was not that much fun.

I need challenges but the need to train was taking the fun out of riding and ocean swimming. The recent shark scares around Sydney set off a lot of paranoia with poor sharks being caught and killed. That was enough for me to quit, not my fear of sharks but rather the reaction from the media and pressure the NSW Government into doing something stupid.

Hopefully soon I will do a nice long, slow solo ride, South Coast or Southern Highlands.